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F*250-600mm on eBay
Posted By: G_Money, 05-18-2014, 08:35 AM

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Pentax SMC Pentax F 1 5 6 Ed If 250 600mm Zoom Lens Filter PL Mount Case Kit Cap | eBay

<$5,000 seems very reasonable.
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05-18-2014, 10:31 AM   #2
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nice!
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Good price, but I'm going to wait until I come across one of these in the local thrift shop for $129. Just dreaming, of course...

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If I bought it, I'd have to carry it...

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QuoteOriginally posted by normhead Quote
If I bought it, I'd have to carry it...
No, no, no... if you buy it, I'll carry it for you! You could even attach it to one of your cameras on the rare occasion I carry it all the way up to Whitney!
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What is that thing on the Mount end?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Fl_Gulfer Quote
What is that thing on the Mount end?
An adapter of some form with a flange for screwing the lens to a camera with 4 screws.

The lens has been converted to something other than K mount; I would guess it was used on a video or movie camera based on the length of the adapter. Note that the A lock on the aperture ring is missing. Who knows how much of the K mount, its electrical and AF contacts still exist under the adapter and how much it would cost to convert back to K mount as anything other than a manual focus, manual aperture lens.

I wouldn't touch it for 10% of that price without inspecting the lens in person and disassembling the conversion to see what damage (if any) was done by whoever modified it.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Steinback Quote
The lens has been converted to something other than K mount; I would guess it was used on a video or movie camera based on the length of the adapter. Note that the A lock on the aperture ring is missing. Who knows how much of the K mount, its electrical and AF contacts still exist under the adapter and how much it would cost to convert back to K mount as anything other than a manual focus, manual aperture lens.
I wouldn't touch it for 10% of that price without inspecting the lens in person
Good advice. Could save a potential buyer some grief.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Fl_Gulfer Quote
What is that thing on the Mount end?
I just asked the seller and got a reply. It's a PL mount for movie cameras.
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It is also made a new tripod mount for this lens. The original mount does not look like this. Anyone interested should ask what material it is made of.
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Pentax SMC 5 6 Ed If 250 600mm Zoom Lens PL Mount ARRI Red Black Magic RARE Kit | eBay

It's BACK!!! I guess someone couldn't change it back. I wish Pentax could.
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Poor lens. It deserves a better fate than getting hacksawed up like this.
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What's the flange that has been mounted on it?
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Arri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras.
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"IF" the wires are still inside the barrel it wouldn't be hard to solder them back on to another mount.
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